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A Vietnamese Army member helps U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Walker unload the water purification system which can produce 68,100 liters (18,000 gallons) of purified drinking water an hour. |
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This marks the third time that U.S. military aircraft have airlifted U.S. relief supplies for floods in response to natural disasters or floods in Vietnam. In 1997, a U.S. Air Force C-141 supported relief operations after a powerful typhoon struck the Mekong Delta area. More recently, in November 1999, two U.S. Air Force C-130s from the 353rd Special Operations Group based at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, flew approximately 20 tons of relief supplies into Hue for the flooded central region.
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Among the tons of donated U.S. relief supplies was enough plastic sheeting to shelter 4,000 families. Students at Beale Air Force Base, California, added the teddy bear.
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